The CyNick
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TV ratings will tell you everything you need to know. I believe the average NBA game draws ten times lower viewers than the average NHL game in Canada.
I guess to the point of the thread you would need to see TV numbers for the GTA only, which isn't widely available. My guess is it wouldn't be far off the national ratio.
Blue Jays and Raptors both benefit from being the only National option for the sport in this country. So the fact that the Leafs still draw the largest TV audience speaks volumes to their popularity locally and nationally.
Jays are clearly number two to the Leafs, not the Raps, and if anything you could argue the Jays are almost as popular as the Leafs on a national basis. When the Jays were good, they were doing 1 million viewers a night. That's an impressive number.
You will see skewed numbers posted online that focus on playoff numbers, but those numbers should grow the further a team goes. I feel like the average viewership per game is a better guage of popularity.
I guess to the point of the thread you would need to see TV numbers for the GTA only, which isn't widely available. My guess is it wouldn't be far off the national ratio.
Blue Jays and Raptors both benefit from being the only National option for the sport in this country. So the fact that the Leafs still draw the largest TV audience speaks volumes to their popularity locally and nationally.
Jays are clearly number two to the Leafs, not the Raps, and if anything you could argue the Jays are almost as popular as the Leafs on a national basis. When the Jays were good, they were doing 1 million viewers a night. That's an impressive number.
You will see skewed numbers posted online that focus on playoff numbers, but those numbers should grow the further a team goes. I feel like the average viewership per game is a better guage of popularity.